Display stand



May 7, 1929. E.BRUNIHOFF DISPLAY STAND Filed Oct. 9, 1924 vwzwrae:

Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES "PATENT oFF-IcE. "1

EDWARD BRUNHOFF, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNQE TO THE BE'U'NHOFF MANU-FACTURING'COMPANY, F CINCINNATI, 01-110, A CORPORATION 61: OHIOi DISPLAYSTAND.

Application filed October 9, 1924. Serial a... 742,718.

My invention relates to improvements in folding display stand. One ofits objects is to provide a light weight compact display stand adaptedto be supported upon tables,

show-cases, and in similar localities and to support packages andcontainers in position to display the goods to advantage for vendingpurposes. Another object is to provide a more efficient, strong andinexpensive stand for such purpose. Another object is to provideimproved means whereby the stand may be readily converted to and fromfolded or extended positions, and made firm and reliable in its extendedposition; My invention also comprises certain details of form andcombination and. arrangement of components, all of which will be fullyset forth in the description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved display stand in itsextended position.

Fig. 2 is an end View of the same in its folded position.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail perspective of one of the folding joints inpartly folded position. i

c Fig. 4 is a sectional detail of one of the joints.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the preferred embodiment of myinvention, in which 15 represent lower front side rails, in pairs,connected together near their lower ends by means of a rest rail 16preferably of angular cross section, and at their upper ends by means ofan axle or tie rod 17 Upper side rails 18, in pairs, are also connectedtogether by means of the axle or tie rod 17. The rails 18 are alsoconnected together near their upper ends by means ofa tie rod 19, and atan intermediate point are connected together by means of a rest rail 20,preferably of angular cross section. Rear side rails 22, in pairs, areconnected together near their upper ends by the axle 17. nected togethernear their lower ends by means of a cross-bar or tie rod 24:.

Where the side rails 15, 18, and 22 are mounted upon the tie rod 17,said side rails may be clamped upon the reduced ends of the tie rod 17by means of clamping nuts. I preferably however provide washers 26resting against shoulders 27 inside of the side rails and washers 28outside of the side rails on which the ends of the tie rod 17 areriveted or headed as shown in Fig. 4 to retain the The side rails 22 arealso con-- side rails inlplace on theends of the tie rod 17 it i andwith sufficient mutualfrictional engagement between adj acent faces ofthe side rails 15, 18, and 22 to cause them to retain their adjustedpositions. I

The ends of the siderails 18 have stop members 30 formed integraltherewith by bending sections of the metal of said side rails 18laterally into the path of adjustment of the side rails 15, to limit therelative movement of the side rails 15 and 18 upon the tie rod 17, asshown in the extended position Fig. 1. In the foldedposition the stopmembers 30 are out of engagement with the side rails 15. i

The ends of the side rails are bent laterally into the path of adjustment of the side rails 22 to form stop members 32,.which serve tolimit the relative movement of the side rails 15 and 22 as indicated inthe extended position Fig. 1. In the folded position the stop members 32are disengaged from-the side rails 22. Fig. 3 indicates an intermediateposition of the side rails during the operation of folding or unfoldingthe stand.

l/Vhen the stand is in its extended position Fig. 1, the rest rail'l6forms a support for the loweredge of one or more containers35 while thetie rod 17 serves as a rest or support for the upper rear portion ofsaidcontainers thereby holding the containers in an inclined positionbest calculated to display the contents of said containers through theiropen tops to a person located in front of said stand. One or more ofsaid containers 35 are adapted to be supported at their lower front edgeby means of therest rail 20, while the upper rear portions of saidcontainers rest upon the tie rod 19. The weight of the containersmounted upon the" stand serves. to add to the rigidity of thestand. Therelative positions of the upper and lower tiers of containers is suchthat neither interferes with obtaining an unobstructed view of theother. The stand and weight to be carried thereby are so. proportionedand distributed that the center of gravity is between the rails 16 and24 and the weight of the containers therefore adds to the firmness andrigidity of the stand. The stand itself is light, strong and inexpensiveto produce and folds compactly into small space when not required foruse.

The apparatus herein shown and described is capable of considerablemodification with-' in the scope of the claim without departing from thespirit of my invention. 1

hat I claim is:

A display stand comprising a centrally locatedsubstantially horizontalaxle, a skeleton lower forward frame connected to said axle at its upperend, a skeleton lower rear frame connected to said axle near its upperend, and a skeleton upper frame connected to said axle near its lowerend, said lower forward frame and upper frame being relativelyadjustable upon said axle into substantially one inclined plane with thelower rear frame acting as a rearwardly extending lateral brace in theextended position of the stand, and said three frames being relativelyadjustalole into overlapping substantially parallel planes in the foldedposition of said stand with'said axle at one. end of all of said frame,rest rails carrled respectively by said lower front frame and said upperframe adapted to supporta plurality of containers in an inclinedposition upon the upwardly inclined face of said stand, the lower endsof said upper frame having outwardly turned ends engaging the lowerforward frame when said frames are in their extended position and theupper ends of the lower forward frame having outwardly turned portionsto engage the upper ends of the lower rear frame to limit the relativemovement of said front andrear lower frames.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto atfixed my signature.

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